PROBE COMMITTEE GETS FOUR DAYS TO FIND CULPRITS

The Lebanon government has given an “investigative committee” four days to determine responsibility for the devastating explosions in Beirut port, Foreign Minister Charbel Wehbe told French radio yesterday. “This morning, a decision was taken to create an investigative committee which in four days must provide a detailed report on responsibility - how, who, what, where? There will be judicial decisions,” he told Europe 1 radio. “It is serious, and we take it seriously,” Wehbe said.

“Those responsible for this horrible crime of negligence will be punished by a committee of judges,” he added. The government has also called for the house arrest of those responsible for the storage of a large quantity of ammonium nitrate.